Instagram to blur self-harm images after Molly Russell's suicide

google Pro-ana
google thinspo

fortunately (i guess) its a mix of actual sites/ blogs and articles about pro-anorexia being a thing-- didn’t see any resource sites, just click-bait articles

I don’t have twitter or instagram so I can’t tell you what those hashtags lead to

there is a link to a tumblr site (which I am not including because I don’t know the age of the blogger) that at first glance looks like it’s support for anorexia/ bulimia (like, eating disorders being a Bad Thing and here are coping mechanisms, body positivity etc)-- but all the pictures are scary underweight, the blogger’s own goal and the reblogged goals of others are scary thin (5’7" and 115lbs is concerning, 5’2" and 95 lbs, 4’ 10" and 86 lbs— ) And of course that tumblr site links to many others.

“35 reasons to be skinny”
skinnny-and-featherlike

  1. looking tiny in a medium sweater
  2. wearing messy buns and actually looking GOOD
  3. dainty arms
  4. wearing bikinis with no shame
  5. crop topssss
  6. thin wired glasses
  7. being able to sit on someone’s lap
  8. being someone’s thinspo
  9. “have you lost weight?”
  10. bralettes
  11. thigh gaps
  12. defined cheek bones
  13. RIBCAGES
  14. visible collarbones
  15. getting hugged and being told that your bones are poking them
  16. being proud of yourself
  17. actually looking good in a mirror
  18. never being told to shop in plus sizes
  19. “that might be a little big on you… maybe try a smaller size?”
  20. looking good in all the makeup
  21. cute boys/girls will take an interest in you
  22. you are the most amazing thing in every room
  23. being able to put your hand around your arm
  24. fitting both hands around your thighs
  25. size 0
  26. always being a success story
  27. getting rid of your before pictures
  28. people actually wanting to kiss you
  29. never having low self-esteem because you are the env of everyone
  30. never having chafing thighs
  31. no gross sweating all the time
  32. dainty thin fingers
  33. looking good in sweatpants
  34. taking cute pictures of your legs in the bath
  35. “oh you’ve gotten so skinny! how did you do it? you look amazing!
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